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amount of money, in short to engage in drug trafficking. >> this marijuana cover is a marijuana leaf littered with hundred dollars bills in the background. this is what we're dealing with ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: the feds are ned up. in the last 10 days the u.s. attorneys office issued dozens of letters like this to california dispensaries to close them down if they don't stop selling in 45 days. >> it's devastating to the patients, to the 16 states that have legal medical marijuana, and it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: the letters target shops like the marin alliance for medical marijuana in fairfax because it's located less than 1,000 feet from a little league field. >> this is unbelievably devastating. i'm so upset about it! >> reporter: supporters of medical marijuana hope this is just another scare tactic by the government. they say actually shutting down
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dispensaries would simply drive business back underground. >> what the federal government is trying to do is eliminate the open storefront and replace it with the black market. they are enriching the mexican drug cartels and these other bad guys that none of us wants to see succeed. >> reporter: marijuana advocates say they have heard these threats before. but the government insists this is no scare tactic. they say dozens of dispensaries statewide will be shuttered come november. >> this is not an idle threat. >> we're not going anywhere. >> reporter: setting the stage for another legal clash over cannabis. in sacramento, christin ayers, cbs 5. it's debating animal rights between cultural tradition. the controversy over sharp fin soup has been simmering for months but today the governor signed into law a ban on harvesting shark fins. joe vazquez got reaction from both sides of the issue. >> reporter: they are considered a chinese delicacy, shark fins often made into soup sell in oakland's chinatown for hundreds of dollars a pound but
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you won't be able to buy them here much longer. governor brown signed a law today banning the possession and sale of imported shark fins in california. in a statement he said, "the practice of cutting the fins off living sharks and dumping them back in the ocean is not only cruel but harms the health of ourtions. in the interest of future generations, i have signed this bill. >> i am disappointed. >> reporter: carl chan led an effort against the law saying animal rights groups have exaggerated the practice of shark finning. here's video from a group called wild aid that purports to show a shark that was left to die after his fin was cut off. >> saving animals are very noble but, you know, when you are only singling out and targeting the chinese-american community, this is discrimination. >> it's not a tradition, it's a practice. >> reporter: christopher chin supports the law. he says it's not discriminatory. in fact he said many chinese people are disavowing shark
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fins after they have heard the stories. >> i grew up eating shark fin soup and i had no idea. i didn't realize that sharks were being killed just for their fins and the rest of the animal is being wasted and i had no idea that sharks were in danger. i had no idea that we have lost 90% of our sharks in the last 50 years. once people realize that and they realize what's happening, then it's kind of a no-brainer. >> reporter: the new law takes effect january 1 of 2012 but then for the shops that still have shark fins around, they will have another 18 months to sell off their inventory. and by the way, mr. chan, who says he is still against this new law, says they are planning some kind of challenge in federal court. >> all right. joe vazquez, thanks for the latest. the governor also signed a bill intended to make gas pipeline safer in california. state senator leeland year of san francisco wrote the law in response to the san bruno disaster last year. the bill requires utilities to install automatic and remotely controlled shutoff valves on
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pipelines that cross seismic faults or are located within what's called a high consequence area. the "occupy wall street" movement is spreading around the country including right outside the president's front door. today protestors sprouted up in major cities from coast to coast including philadelphia, chicago and seattle. as a sign of solidarity, labor unions have joined the demonstrations in various states. people in northern california cities are among those joining the demonstrations started on wall street. at this hour, people are gathering in san francisco to protest what they say is corporate greed. we have live pictures of of the protests over downtown san francisco and our linda yee is there now with the protestors. >> reporter: about 100 demonstrators are standing in front of the federal reserve
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bank here on market street in downtown san francisco. these are the protests that started on wall street about three weeks ago to demonstrate the gap between the rich and poor and in continues to gain momentum. and even though the san francisco police broke up this encampment about two nights ago, that hasn't discouraged any of them from coming back today. ♪ [ music ] reporter: bluegrass music with a dash of bongos. [ music ] >> reporter: mixed together for the message from demonstrators occupying san francisco: money corrupts and it's time for america to reexamine values. >> the financial industry as a whole is really just become another form of slavery and oppression and i have had enough of it personally. >> reporter: so this camp out sit-in continues by the federal reserve bank in downtown san francisco. part of the nationwide movement blaming corporate greed on the state of the economy. and some tourists sympathize. >> i'm from the heartland in oklahoma. we are not seeing obviously any activity in oklahoma city.
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it's a very conservative place. i'm a progressive from oklahoma and i'm interested in what's going on here and i think it's time. >> reporter: but the occupation in sacramento took an ugly turn. overnight dozens of protestors were arrested after refusing to leave a downtown park that was closing. and it seems there was a little confusion on why they were here. >> i'm here to support the people. why else would i be out here? >> i'm anticapitalist. i'm a marxist communist. >> i'm here to support... >> people! >> people. of course. >> right now it's kind of vague. >> reporter: organizers say they have a message team working on their message. >> so as it stands right now, that message team will reveal that tomorrow morning. [ beep beep ] >> reporter: cars passing by honked support for the dozen demonstrators who set up camp in front of city hall. as they have said, since the protest started on wall street, they are the 99% demanding a voice.
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>> that's what the 99% is about. we're not being listened to. only the 1% seems to be running this country right now. we are the working class. that used to be as somebody said to me the other day respectable. gone. >> reporter: police say as long as demonstrators don't block the sidewalk or use propane tanks or open fires, they can stay here as long as they want to exercise their first amendment rights. in san francisco, linda yee, cbs 5. and there is another large protest going on in downtown san francisco. demonstrators are marking the 10th anniversary of the war in afghanistan. the march, rally and a die-in in front of the new federal building. they say the money the united states is spending in afghanistan would be better used on education. they are also protesting the loss of nearly 1800 u.s. troops during the 10-year war. days after a shooting rampage left three people dead
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at a quarry in cupertino, employees reunited. len ramirez in san jose with how management is stepping in to help the employees. >> reporter: that's right. the company is reaching out to those quarry workers providing them grief counselors and today, the opportunity to come together to begin the healing process. reporter: quarry workers gathered outside the cupertino community center for the first companywide get together since the deadly workplace shooting. some hugged after seeing each other for the first time since the violence that left three of their he could work he is dead and six others wounded. >> we wanted this private time for the employees and in that sense, you know, the conversations were valuable. they were --they were very productive and again, very important for the sense of family and community they feel as a unit. >> he shot the supervisor that was talking and that's when whoa -- >> reporter: michael ambrosio played dead after being wounded in the arm by the gunfire and survived. >> you look over and he has the handgun and smoke is coming out and shells are flying.
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>> reporter: he said the gunman shareef allman casually grabbed a cup of coffee moments before he produced a handgun and an assault rifle and mental cloudy shot people around the -- methodically shot people around the table. >> i guess he had everybody that he wanted targeted out. [ beep ] [ sirens ] >> engine 7 responding. multiple people shot, five or six patients at this time at the quarry, scene is not secure. >> reporter: ambrosio reported the incident to 911 while other survivors tried to help the victims. >> the only information that we have at this point is the shooter is a black male. >> reporter: but by the time sheriff's deputies reached the scene, allman was already on the move, a security camera at a gas station recording his next moves just before he shot another woman he tried to carjack. allman reportedly told friends and family that he was having problems at work where he drove a truck and was the victim of race. -- of racism, a charge the
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company strongly denies. >> the company feels very strongly that there was no racism in place. we have a very solid focus on diversity in the workplace. we want to keep that very high on employee minds to make sure we have a very good open work environment so we feel very strongly there was no racial discrimination. >> reporter: mr. allman was shot and killed by three sheriff's deputies, about 22 hours after the incident began on thursday morning. that part of the investigation is still going on by the sunnyvale department of public safety. meantime the company says they don't know for sure if the quarry will be able to reopen on monday morning. they said for sure it probably won't be reopen monday morning. >> not for some time i would imagine. thank you, len ramirez. fremont police are looking for a serial robber believed to be armed and dangerous. police have released surveillance pictures of the suspect at the roundtable pizza last month. police have identified this suspect as 19-year-old anthony bore ksee.
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he borequez. this morningings oakland police arrested a suspect linked to a robbery and shooting yesterday that closed 580 for three hours. police say a gunman shot a woman in the leg after he robbed her outside a hardware store yesterday afternoon. in trying to make his getaway the man crashed a lexus on a 580 on-ramp and that led to the freeway closure and a massive police search. now, police won't release they details about the suspect. the woman who was shot was released from the hospital this morning. wrestling over a gun until it went off and caused a shootout. what sent a suspect and a south bay police officer to the hospital this morning. results so good, we'll all be able to taste it. we'll take you to the largest public works project in the state. ,,,,,, ride muni every day.
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jobs is being laid to rest just two days after he died, there are reports today that apple cofounder steve jobs' funeral was today. according to the "wall street journal," a person familiar with the matter said that a small private funeral was being held just with family. a time, location, not disclosed out of respect for the privacy. apple has not announced any plans for a public memorial. a shootout between police and a gunman broke out in a quiet san jose neighborhood today. and the shooter was armed with the officer's weapon. it happened just before 11 a.m. mark sayre is in the neighborhood tonight to tell us how it happened. >> reporter: after an investigation that lasted all afternoon, things were finally starting to get back to normal here along lee avenue and we have also learned that that officer involved in what police say was a life-or-death struggle for his own firearm has been released from the
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hospital. these pictures from chopper 5 tell the story of this dangerous shootout between one suspect and three officers. a police car can be seen with a bullet hole through its front driver's side window and from ground level, at least one home along leigh avenue near stokes street was hit by gunfire. crime scene analysts spent the afternoon marking up the locations of all of the bullet holes and shell casings in the neighborhood. it all began just before 11 a.m. when an officer responded to a call of three suspicious men in front of a house. >> that officer engaged in a struggle with one of the suspects. the suspect attempted to take the officer's handgun. during the struggle for the handgun several shots were fired and that suspect got to his feet and ran southbound on leigh avenue. >> reporter: the suspect did manage to get away with the officer's weapon. at that point, two backup officers exchanged gunfire with the armed suspect, who was using the service revolver he had taken from the initial officer. >> and those officers spotted the suspect, engaged him with gunfire. the first officer that was attacked was able to make it back into his patrol car, drive
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down to where the suspects was fleeing and together the three officers were able to actually take the suspect back into custody. >> reporter: as a precaution, authorities ordered a lockdown of nearby del mar high school. students were kept inside. residents say they were shocked to hear gunshots and had no idea what was going on. >> i was right there and i heard a pow and they pow, pow, pow, pow, pow. >> we heard the shots. it must have been about five shots. i mean, they were pretty loud. i didn't know if it was a car backfiring or not. but my husband had just came in the house pulled in and we heard the shots and i told him, don't go to work right now. just wait until we find out what's going on. >> reporter: despite all the gunfire police say the investigation revealed that nobody was shot. the officer did not get hit, nor did the suspect get hit. that suspect still in the hospital being treated for injuries. what caused all this in the first play, the motive, why that officer was confronted when he arrived, dana, at this point the investigation, they
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just don't know. back to you. >> that's crazy. all right, mark sayre, thank you. san francisco city leaders want to led children ride public transportation for free. the board of supervisors is considering a measure that would urge muni to give free rides to anyone under 18 years old. it's estimated it would cost at least $5.8 million a year. the measure calls on muni, the metropolitan transportation commission, and the san francisco unified school district to foot the bill. the board does not have the authority to require free muni service. well, get ready to hear the sounds of roaring engines flying over san francisco. this weekend is the 30th anniversary of fleet week. organizers say this year will be bigger and better than ever. visitors will get to enjoy a longer boat parade and will even get a peek at the ship that carried osama bin laden's dead body. >> people don't understand the navy. they think we are just out there fighting people. this is a time to show them the
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other good stuff that we do. >> it gives you a sense of america, you know? it's just when you watch them, you get goosebumps. it's -- it's america. >> the themes for this year will revolve around humanitarian and disaster aid relief. they couldn't have picked any better weather. >> no. >> roberta is off and she couldn't have picked any better weather. >> i'm sure she is out there enjoying the beautiful weather. every year we worry about the weather for the blue angels fly yost, windy, clouds? this year it's going to be pretty perfect. in fact, let's go ahead and take a live look outside right now. we are going to head to the east bay first, where temperatures are up as much as 13, 15 degrees in some locations. you're looking live at dublin where we have blue skies and that will continue. now what else is going to continue? our warming trend. this is just the beginning. so we're starting off with yesterday's numbers here. you can see for the most part temperatures were in the 60s. today by comparison up anywhere from 9 degrees in santa rosa to 10 in san jose and livermore up
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11 degrees in concord and we're even up 4 degrees in san francisco. now, today's temperatures are still below average. we'll continue to warm up into tomorrow and that means we'll be much closer to where we should be this time of year. from the satellite perspective you can see the weathermaker has pushed off to the east and taking any of those showers and clouds and that cool air with it leaving behind plenty of sunshine and clear skies as high pressure begins to build in and continues through the weekend bumping temperatures up. now, columbus day monday, if you have the day off, keep in mind we will cool things down a little. a weak disturbance passes to our north that will bring temperatures down temporarily but then back up again for next week. and i'll have your full freeway full forecast coming up. keep in mind it will be beautiful for tomorrow. 70 degrees at fisherman's wharf for fleet week, guys. back to you. >> thank you. work is under way in the east bay on a nearly half a billion dollars water project. it would be our fail-safe in the event of a serious drought,
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they say. but this massive expansion project at the lost vaqueros reservoir offers another benefit for the public. don ford says you have to get out there pretty fast to take it all in. >> reporter: the contra costa water district is expanding the los vaqueros dam near livermore. originally built in 1994, it held 100,000-acre feet of water. this addition will grow the reservoir by 60%. dan orr, director of construction. >> this provides us with drought tolerance increase water quality and delta benefits for the environment there. in a pinch it will last more than a year. >> reporter: during this recession the district has done something unusual to pay for the work. >> we look for grant money but no grant money for this project. >> reporter: none. >> none. >> reporter: none from the federal government? >> none from the federal government. >> reporter: state? >> none from the state.
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>> reporter: approved by the voters years ago, customers will pay for this $450 million project over a 30-year period. bob henry is the los vaqueros project manager. he says he is lucky to be here. >> we don't get an opportunity on a dam because they don't build many. >> reporter: the water level has been dropped in half during construction. and there's a side benefit to that. >> the fishing during construction has been fantastic. people have been pulling in record-breaking stripers and catfish. >> reporter: but this opportunity won't last long. managers say this monday is when they are going to take all the boats off the lake so if you want some of this fishing action, you better get out here this weekend. at the los vaqueros reservoir, don ford, cbs 5. well, he is not on the stand. but we are hearing what he had to say about the day in question. a recording of dr. conrad murray from soon after michael
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jackson's death. that's in two minutes. ,, ,,,, it's about building cars in america. it's all about jobs. it's all about respect. security. the american dream. [ jamaul ] good jobs in tough times. a chance to move up and do better.
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conducte prosecutors in the conrad murray trial have begun playing a never before heard interview police conducted with the doctor two days after michael jackson died. kendis gibson reports it lays out murray's version of what led up to the pop star's fatal overdose. >> full name? >> conrad robert murray. >> reporter: jurors are hearing a police interview with dr. conrad murray conducted two days after michael jackson died. murray described a long night after jackson returned from rehearsal and was unable to sleep. >> he said, i can't function if i i don't sleep. >> reporter: at one point, murray recalled commenting to
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jackson about the sleep aids he had already given him like lorazepam as the night wore on. >> if i got the medicine that i gave him, [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: lapd detectives say dr. murray detailed giving jackson propofol around mid- morning. jackson referred to it as milk. >> he said please, please give me some milk. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the toxicologist involved in jackson's autopsy was back on the stand. heeled to jurors he found propofol in jackson's blood and urine. the defense tried to poke holes in the prosecution's case focusing on the iv bag that was found in jackson's bedroom. >> was it found to contain any drugs whatsoever? >> no. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: michael jackson was rehearsing for a series of comeback concerts when he suddenly died at the age of 50. dr. murray told detectives after jackson's death that he was afraid the singer was
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addicted to propofol and was trying to wean him off. kendis gibson los angeles. when it comes to the movies politics plays a role in what people want to see. the hollywood reporter surveyed 1,000 movie-goers and found about 40% of gop voters consider a celebrity's politics before paying to see them on the screen. just 20% of democrats do that. the poll also found that democrats like edgier movies, republicans see more family films. but not everything is he movies is partisan particularly popcorn. movie-goers on both sides agree it is their favorite snack. but there's probably a division over butter, no butter. >> butter. >> definitely butter. >> maybe giving away my politics. tens of thousands of jobs have been added to the economy. it didn't amount to a drop in the bucket though. why those jobs did not help the unemployment numbers. they call it a cult. why religious leaders are
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banding together to keep mitt romney out of the white house. >> even when they do make it home they don't always come back alone. on this commemoration of 10 years in the war in afghanistan, what is helicoptering our vets. and what's being done to help them -- what is haunting our vets? and what's being done to help them. , ,,,, so i got this new job last week, but their health insurance
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employment numbers from the fueling today's "occupy wall street" protest, some uninspiring employment numbers from the department of labor. businesses report adding 103,000 jobs in september. about 40,000 more than analysts expected. but it failed to lower the 9.1% national unemployment rate. it's higher in california. frustration was evident in the voices of those camped out on wall street. >> you have people who, you know, even with master's degrees are going from, you know, $20.30 an hour jobs to work, you know, $12 an hour you know. there's a real problem after $20 to $30 an hour. >> the president maintains his $447 billion jobs bill is a solution. republicans say his policies are to blame for the employment problems market analysts believe that while things have stalled, fears of a second
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recession are fading. today the stock market slumped in response to disappointing jobs reports. the dow jones industrial average dipped 20 points lower. nasdaq down 27. s&p 500 closed 9.5 points lower. the american dream of owning a home has suffered its biggest drop since the great depression. new census numbers show the rate of ownership has fallen from 66.2% in 2000 to 65.1% last year. that's the biggest decline since 1940. and this is despite record low interest rates. meanwhile, a new government report predicts the federal budget hit a near record of $1.3 trillion for the fiscal year of 2011. the numbers match last year's deficit but shows a slight improvement over a record set two years ago. high oil prices and economic slowdown in europe and a weak housing market have played a role in the deficit. political fireworks and
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accusations at a gathering of republicans at a convention known as the value voter summit. an organizer said christians should not back gop presidential candidate mitt romney because of his more man background. one baptist pastor called it a religious cult. other republican presidential candidates quickly rejected that notion. danielle nottingham has more on the value voters. >> reporter: republican voters traveled hundreds of miles to catch a glimpse of their favorite gop presidential hopefuls at the values voters summit. >> herman cain. i like him. i think we lawyered up washington, d.c. enough. i'd like to hear what someone who has worked, been successful, has to say. >> reporter: the economy is still the big issue this election season. but the voters at this conference are zeroing in on where the candidates stand on social questions including abortion and gay marriage. michelle came from chattanooga,
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tennessee. >> definitely want to see rick santorum, got to meet him of the he has been a strong voice for the pro-life movement. >> reporter: this is the values voters spots from this summit it will head to the early primary states. the folks on board will register voters and highlight the candidates for who are talking about their faith and moral issues. >> now that i have never put social issues and values issues on the back burner. >> reporter: rick santorum is among them. he and texas governor rick perry were the first candidates to speak at the two-day meeting. >> the fabric of our society is not government or individual freedom. it is the family. >> reporter: almost every republican running for president is fighting to win support from the religious right. every candidate except jon huntsman is slated to speak before it's over. social conservatives as a group haven't picked a favorite yet. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. sometimes it's the hidden
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to sutter health's palo alto medical foundation. [ eves ] the doctors that i dealt with, they got it, that this old guy wanted to return as a hang glider pilot. they got me flying again. [ female announcer ] palo alto medical foundation, and sutter health -- our story is you. and a ten years ago today, the u.s. went to war in afghanistan. and a large group of demonstrators in downtown san francisco marked the anniversary with anger. they staged a march, rally and die-in outside the federal building this afternoon to protest the loss of american life in afghanistan. the demonstrators are also upset over the cost of a decade- old conflict. they say that the u.s. should be spending that money at home on education. nearly 1800 u.s. troops have died in afghanistan since the war began. but for many who made it home, the mental wounds can be as bad
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as the physical. sandra hughes has the story of one veteran who made it off the battlefield to nearly die at home. >> yes, somehow... >> reporter: jennifer crane's first day of army basic training was september 11, 2001. two years later the 20-year-old was on the ground in afghanistan. >> you basically make the sign of the cross and just drive and pray and hope that you don't get blown up that day. >> reporter: the images of war quickly wore her down. >> we would see trucks of bodies just come back to the base with your brain matter hanging out of their heads and missing limbs and a lot of blood. >> reporter: crane came home with post-traumatic stress disorder and became addicted to crack and lived in her car. >> i just wanted nothing to do with anybody. i lived like in my own bubble and was completely opposite of the person that i used to be. >> reporter: a just-released survey finds she is not alone. 31% of veterans said they had post-traumatic stress disorder. >> a trigger could be a sound, a smell, a sight, would
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literally trigger and experience as if the person is once again in that horrific situation. >> reporter: last year, 295 veterans committed suicide and a department of defense study found one-third of them had asked for help before killing themselves. volunteer programs like give and hour aim to fill in the gaps of government programs. >> over 6,000 mental health professionals throughout the country are stepping up. >> i spent three years, you know, using drugs, hurting myself, you know, wan -- wanting to end my life and it didn't have to be that way. >> reporter: now the married mother of a young daughter jennifer crane is a spokesman forgive an hour sharing her story to give hope that there is life after war. sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >> three women activists have won this year's nobel peace prize. they are going to share it. all won for their work to secure women's rights. tawakkul karman a democracy activist from yes, ma'am then,
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leymah gbowee from liberia and liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf. >> i'm accepting this on behalf of the liberian people. the credit goes to them. for the past eight years, we have had peace and each and every one of them has contributed to that. >> the three will split the prize money the equivalent of $1.5 million, u.s. space is not just for astronauts anymore. it's also for tourists and at least one athlete. >> and he has a goal of running on the moon. what he has already done to make that happen. and temperatures up significantly today but this is just the beginning. more warming is on the way just in time for your holiday weekend. i have the forecast coming up after the break. >> richard seymour pays the price and one team punches their ticket to the nlcs. that's coming up in sports. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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a lot of people are into running. you see them all the time.
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meet one man who wants to go the extra distance by running on the moon. jason carroll on how he is planning to pull it off. >> reporter: skeptics said it couldn't be done. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: but not only did astronauts take that giant leap, they took a history making golf swing. >> sand traps out here. >> reporter: that was more than 40 years ago. now one earthbound athlete is driving toward making another lunar milestone. >> it feels like a dream but it feels like living the dream. >> reporter: jonathan prince's dream, run a mile on the moon. >> you can't help but star gaze at night. and i just wondered about the possibility of running the first mile on the moon. >> reporter: prince has finished ambitious runs in the past. in 2005, he ran from los angeles to new orleans raising more than $100,000 for victims of hurricane katrina.
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his new role raise awhich areness of space travel while inspiring students to excel in science. >> it's the demonstration for the current generation and the generations not yet born, you know, to go beyond. >> reporter: the question is, how to get there? >> the final liftoff of atlantaics. >> reporter: nasa retired its space shuttle program this year. so prince will go the private route flying on board a rocket being developed by space exploration technologies, space ex for short. >> private companies are now able to build rockets fund it on their own and sell trips. >> reporter: but first for prince there's training. >> typically reach around 100 to 120 miles a week. >> reporter: you have me beat by probably 120 miles. [ laughter ] >> reporter: that's just the beginning. >> gravity pressures, the buoyancy, everything. i have to reprogram everything i thought i knew about running. >> reporter: over the next few years, he will learn about space travel at a private facility called na st. >> -the nas aerospace training and research center in pennsylvania. >> we are currently training
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the generation of folks that are not the astronauts. jonathan is at the forefront of leading this new industry. >> reporter: prince has received funding he needs from donors and sponsors and hopes to blast off by 2016. until then, the 31-year-old continues training. i now must have heard from the people who say -- i know you must have heard from the people who say, that's a nice thing to say, nice goal but there's no possible way you're going to believe able to do it. >> absolutely. skepticism is just -- is just part of human nature. but at the same time, kennedy had the dream to, you know, go to apollo, go to the moon with apollo missions so it's important to put massive action behind your dreams. >> he has all his funding but we want to know how much it's going to cost. former governor arnold schwarzenegger visited his hometown big opening not for a movie. he arrived in austria to help open a museum dedicated to his life. on display, the first bodybuilding waist he had,
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movie memorabilia and coup de gras, one of the statues he commissioned of himself. there it is. [ laughter ] >> the 64-year-old hopes the story will inspire others. ha. >> ha. >> speaking of money. >> ha. >> things that make you go hm. [ laughter ] let me tell you about the forecast. shall we? >> okay. >> it's going to be absolutely gorgeous. i'm thinking roberta is take the day off to go and enjoy the sunshine. temperatures are warming up, in fact today significantly warm he than yesterday. plenty of sunshine as the sun goes down. i should say plenty of clear skies. the sun is setting. but it's still a beautiful evening. i should mention, however, temperatures are going to drop with no cloud cover overhead tonight, definitely goingcool off to 40s and 50s overnight. your weather headlines however point to the best part of the forecast, plenty of sunshine into the weekend and the next week or so, as well. a warming trend kicked off today. this is just the beginning.
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if you liked today, wait until you see tomorrow. a fantastic weekend in store with temperatures finally back to around average for this i am too far time of year. 50s right now by the coast but near 70 still for some of the warmer locations inland. 74 fremont. 68 san jose. 69 in concord. these temperatures significantly warmer than yesterday as we see high pressure build in clearing out the skies and those showers and cool air we had the last couple of days has now pushed off to our east. i will say we are going to get a respite on monday columbus day. we are goings to a going to see a disturbance to the north meaning clouds and cooler temperatures but no rain at least not just yet. in the meantime, temperatures warming up tomorrow. 70 near sf 75 mountain view. near 80 inland. 80 antioch. 75 napa. 77 santa rosa. 71 san rafael. these numbers right around where we should be for this time of year. and they do continue through
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the extended forecast. we have temperatures near 80 for the warm spots this weekend. monday a brief little disturbance passes to our north. we stay dry. we see some clouds, temperatures drop a little bit. but if this isn't warm enough for you, take a look at the extended forecast. >> wow. >> wednesday, thursday flirting near 90 inland, above average for this time of year. friday we kind of round things out. but, you know, a lot of folks not you guys, but a lot of folks have monday off for columbus day. >> not us. >> not you. >> so i do want to point out again that weak disturbance backing to our north. so a few clouds, temperatures dropping a little bit from this weekend but still very pleasant and nothing as cold or as wet or as gray as what we have seen over the last week or so. >> if you have a day off, who cares? >> enjoy. >> julie, thank you. coming up on eyewitness news at 10:00 on the cw, at 11:00 on cbs 5, a fight over five miles an hour. a contra costa county community wants to put the brakes on plans to raise the speed limit
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on a mile-long stretch of road. why the city leaders say that their hands are tied and no more tickets can be written. we'll have that story and more at 10:00 and 11:00. with a spot at the nlcs on the line, game five in milwaukee goes extra innings and will tiger woods make it through the weekend at cordevalle? sports is next. ,,,,,,
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looks like cut... the good news for the folks at the frys.com open is that it looks like tiger woods will make the cut. the bad news is he is 7 strokes off the lead. [ laughter ] >> fog delayed thursday's round but you couldn't tell there. 2.5-hour delay and even after it lifted tiger had trouble finding the fairway hitting just 6 of 14 on the round. despite that, tiger shoots a 68 and is one under 7 off the lead. shot of the day nate smith with an eagle. he is tied for fourth place at 5-under but everyone is chasing paul casey who shoots a 64
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today and he is 8-under. the big easy ernie els is two back and will finish his round tomorrow morning. as for tiger he is finding it a lot harder to play away from his home course in florida. >> it's easy to do at home. harder to do out here. >> how big of a deal is it to you to never have missed consecutive cuts? >> i never miss cuts periods. that means you can't win a tournament on the weekend so i got a shot at it this weekend. >> the tigers and rangers begin the alcs tomorrow in text. but the nlcs is still up in the air with a pair of decisive games today. game 5 in milwaukee nail biting time for brewers fans. 9th inning milwaukee clinging to a 2-1 lead. arizona executes at safety squeeze to perfection. bloomquist gets down the bunt and paraforced a tieing run. extra tenth inning morgan, whatever you want to call him, he is the hero tonight in milwaukee. the game winning single sends the brewers to the nlcs for the
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first time in 29 years. allen, it's okay to clap. [ laughter ] >> they will take on the phillies or the cardinals. [ laughter ] stanford will look to extend the nation's longest winning streak to 13 games tomorrow when they host colorado. all eyes are usually on andrew luck but the cardinals run defense is the best in the pac 12 allowing only 62 yards per game but they continue to take the high road. when asked if they should be ranked higher than number 7. >> looking back at previous years i think we are just glad to even be mentioned. to be honest. because before i even came here stanford wasn't in the poll. the first year i got here stanford wasn't in that poll and really pull the numbers. where you end up is so material. >> the confidence is definitely back in oakland. after losing to the patriots, hue jackson guaranteed that the raiders will win the afc west and return to the play-offs.
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>> he want us to be 3-1 or 4-0. that's how the coach focus. he preaching perfection. but, you know, for me personally it's best we had in eight years. >> it's a mindset man, it's a mindset. >> he come straight to the point you know what i'm saying, he tell us how we messed up. >> come on. come on. you can't do that. you can't hurt your football team. >> yes, sir. >> you can't do stupid stuff. okay? we're just hurting our football team. we are thinking you guys let them go only a few yards. >> you don't want to get on his bad side you know what i'm saying so you try it keep him happy as much as possible. if i can keep him happy 80 to 85%, i'm good. >> end zone intercepted by the patriots in the end zone. >> throw it away. that's a [bleeping] play. you got take care of it.
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>> the patriots first possession against the raiders last sunday continues to haunt richard seymour. the league fined him $15,000 for his two personal fouls. of course you can see the raiders and texans right here on cbs 5 sunday at 10 a.m. stay tuned after the game for the fifth quarter. there are dozens of transactions of week in the nfl but none quite like this. runningback erica tani left the patriots practice squad after being ordered back to active duty in the navy. he graduated from the naval academy in 2009 reported to jacksonville this morning, quote of the, just reported on the uss clack ring and thank you, everyone, for your encouraging thoughts and support. let's go patriots. beat the jets. >> wow. >> and just really put everything into perspective. >> thank him for his service.
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>> richard seymour said brady was actually calling for them to call a foul on him. you know? that he was actually encouraging the officials to kind of call it. they actually are really good friends off the field. >> so the whole thing afterwards when he said he set me down gently? >> right. but he was also barking at the officials to make the call so i think brady should have to send him some money. >> i think so. we'll see what happens this weekend. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com newscast is at 10 on the cw: channel 44/cable channel 12. and she notices when my skin's rough. (announcer) gold bond ultimate softening lotion. with shea butter for soft healthy skin. gold bond ultimate softening. ride muni every day.
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